TY - JOUR
T1 - Community Participation in Urban Suburbs: The Italian Case of Z.E.N. Slum of Palermo
AU - Lavanco, Gioacchino
AU - Di Giovanni, Elisabetta
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Based on Kurt Lewin’s Action Research theory, the paper focuses on an Action Research project issued in Southern Italy, inthe disadvantaged suburb of Palermo (Sicily), called Z.E.N., sadly famous as a dangerous and “criminogenic” urban slum,in order to stimulate social participation and to develop social change. The principal goal was the empowerment of ordinaryinhabitants, obtaining their collaboration through participation, giving them acquisition of knowledge for a real social change.
AB - Based on Kurt Lewin’s Action Research theory, the paper focuses on an Action Research project issued in Southern Italy, inthe disadvantaged suburb of Palermo (Sicily), called Z.E.N., sadly famous as a dangerous and “criminogenic” urban slum,in order to stimulate social participation and to develop social change. The principal goal was the empowerment of ordinaryinhabitants, obtaining their collaboration through participation, giving them acquisition of knowledge for a real social change.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/143612
M3 - Article
VL - 3
SP - 125
EP - 131
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUAMNITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUAMNITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES
SN - 2321-9203
ER -